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Senator Francis 'Chiz' Escudero takes his oath as the new Senate President on May 20, 2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:900px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/171626546612020240520-senate-leadership-escudero-MD7.jpg" style="width:900px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Senator Francis &#x27;Chiz&#x27; Escudero takes his oath as the new Senate President on May 20, 2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</span> </span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Nearly 2 years since the start of the 19th Congress, the Senate on Monday carried out a major leadership overhaul, ousting Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri as Senate President, who was immediately replaced by Sen. Francis &quot;Chiz&quot; Escudero.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/20/zubiri-steps-down-as-senate-president-1454">• &#x27;I failed to follow instructions&#x27;: Zubiri steps down as Senate president</a><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/20/escudero-takes-helm-of-senate-after-zubiri-resignation-1535"></a><br/><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/20/escudero-takes-helm-of-senate-after-zubiri-resignation-1535">• Escudero takes Senate helm after Zubiri resignation</a></div><p>Upon Zubiri&#x27;s resignation, his close allies in the Senate also decided to quit their committee chairmanships, some already with replacements while the others still left vacant.</p><p>Here are the newly-voted Senate leaders as of May 20, 2024:</p><div><strong>• Senate President Francis Escudero</strong></div><div><strong>•  Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada</strong></div><div><strong>•  Senate Majority Leader/ Rules Committee chair Francis Tolentino</strong></div><div><strong>•  Senate Committee on Accounts chair Alan Peter Cayetano</strong></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/20/jinggoy-elected-senate-president-pro-tempore-1818">• Jinggoy elected Senate President Pro Tempore</a></div><p>Four Senate panels, formerly led by Senators Sonny Angara and Nancy Binay, remain vacant:</p><div><strong>•  Senate Committee on Ethics and Privileges </strong></div><div><strong>•  Senate Committee on Tourism</strong></div><div><strong>•  Senate Committee on Finance</strong></div><div><strong id="isPasted" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">•  Senate Committee on Youth</strong></div><p>During Monday&#x27;s plenary session, Angara announced that Sen. Grace Poe would replace him as Finance committee chair but it was not formally taken up on the floor.</p><p>Angara also resigned as chairman of the subcommittee on Resolution of Both Houses 6 or economic charter change. No replacement has been named.</p><p>Meanwhile, Sen, JV Ejercito also resigned as Deputy Majority Leader but there was no word on his replacement yet.</p><p>Here is the full set of Senate committee leadership as of May 20, 2024:</p><div><br/></div><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1716262678098image.png" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></div><p>During his resignation speech, Zubiri also announced that he is now “an independent member of the Senate.”</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>— With reports from RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News</strong></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UCkgItbWJmk?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><br/></div>

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Published May 21, 2024 12:19 PM PHT

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